"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
When I see my brother
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
Bad relation ripped apart
When we're young
And disaranged
We didn't know it
Any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart
All the friends
We feel the same
The way it was
Back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again
I... feel that...
I can't protect myfriend from himself
All I've got
Are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
Inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
And always will be
When we're young
And disaranged
We didn't know it
Any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
Help him self
You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...
Still friends down for life...
Can you still fight...
All I've got
Are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
Inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
And always will be
Now in the end
It plain to see
What kind of friend
He has been for me
All along he could never see
Who he was
And always be
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
Help him self
What I see is like no other
What we had forever lost
Can't deny our friendship
Feeling like it's time to end this
Bad relation ripped apart
When we're young
And disaranged
We didn't know it
Any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I am not about to run away
Turn my back to him
In his darkest hour
Give him will to fight
Antagonize his thoughts
See him thew his thoughest times
Purify his weakened heart
All the friends
We feel the same
The way it was
Back in the day
The more we change
He stays the same
Will we ever see our friend again
I... feel that...
I can't protect myfriend from himself
All I've got
Are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
Inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
And always will be
When we're young
And disaranged
We didn't know it
Any other way
Now were grown
He's still the same
People see him suffering
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
Help him self
You... can't hear what I say
Never going away...
Still friends down for life...
Can you still fight...
All I've got
Are these lessons learned in life
The lessons I've been taught
They still remain
Inside me thoughts
Even as we speak
As troubled as it seems
He'll always be a friend of mind
That's the way it was
And always will be
Now in the end
It plain to see
What kind of friend
He has been for me
All along he could never see
Who he was
And always be
I... feel...
I cannot help my friend
Help him self
Lyrics submitted by Necro Butcher
Down for Life Lyrics as written by Darren Joseph Angel
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Great version of a great song,
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this shit rox! love it remind me of a friend who was a pussy.